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Coming up-
A 13-year-old appears in court today for the murder of his teacher in Florida.
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And a major Southwest Virginia employer is shutting down.
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[School-Shooting]

The 13 year old student accused in yesterday's deadly school shooting will be in court today.
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Police say Nathaniel Brazill will likely face a murder charge in the death of teacher Barry Grunow.
The honor student was sent home on the last day of school for throwing water balloons and then returned with a 25-caliber handgun and shot the teacher in the face.
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The judge will decide whether the boy is charged as an adult or a juvenile.
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[11Cross-Creek]

245 people will be out of work when a major Carroll County employer closes its doors.
Cross Creek Apparel is shutting down its Hillsville sewing plant at the end of July.
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The company shut down its Floyd County apparel plant two years ago.
With this latest closing, Cross Creek is moving the last of its Virginia sewing operations to Mexico and Honduras.

The company says the reason is fierce competition from offshore operations.
It still runs four apparel plants in North Carolina.
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This is the fourth in a succession of blows to the Carroll County job market.
Grayson Garment, Hillsville Apparel and Invensys (In-VEN-sis) Appliance displaced more than 400 area workers with their closings.

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Another computer virus is making the rounds and doing major damage.
It's spreading through e-mail systems using Microsoft Outlook.
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If you get an e-mail with the subject ''Resume -- Janet Simons'' -- don't open it.
There already are reports of a number of corporate e-mail systems being infected and shutting down.
Once the contaminated e-mail is opened it spreads itself to everyone in a user's e-mail address book.
It also attempts to delete a number of files.
The new virus is dubbed "Killer Resume."
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If fishing sounds like your child's idea of fun - there's a carnival coming up NEXT weekend that you'll want to know about.
We have some guests with us to tell us about it in this week's Eye on Virginia.
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It's another big racing weekend in Charlotte.
Later today the Busch Grand National series takes over the track in the Carquest 300.
Then on Sunday night at six, the Coca-Cola 600 gets the green.
And later tonight Mike Stevens has a special Memorial Day weekend treat for race fans.
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If you're still looking to fill your schedule this weekend, here's some ideas from the weekend calender.
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Local Colors is in the books and we figured that would be a good time to get back to basics.
Here's Ginny McMillion to show us Pound Cake with a twist.
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Coming up-
New York authorities say they have confessions after the restaurant shooting that killed five.
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And a big day means big traffic in Bedford.
Officials are gearing up for the D-Day Memorial dedication.
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The D-Day Memorial in Bedford will be dedicated Monday - and the event is expected to attract 10-THOUSAND people.
Combined with Memorial Day traffic headed for Smith Mountain Lake - it should make for some crowded roads.
But V-DOT's taking a pro-active approach - and setting up alternate routes in hopes of getting everyone where they're going - without gridlock.
Tonya Flory reports.
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((JASON BOND/V-DOT: WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO SPLIT THE THRU TRAFFIC FROM THE EVENT TRAFFIC AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VARIABLE MESSAGE BOARDS TO THE EAST AND WEST OF BEDFORD ENCOURAGING DRIVERS TO MAKE THEIR LANE CHANGES EARLY SO THEY CAN GET TO THE EVENT.))
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Even with the changes, the heavy flow of traffic is still going to create delays,
But V-DOT suggests to make the drive smoother --
Eastbound route 460 motorists should use the Route 460 Business exit at the west end of the Route 460 Bedford Bypass.
Westbound traffic will be funneled into the right lane and will need to use the Route 122 interchange to the event.
Holiday travelers headed to Smith Mountain Lake are advised to avoid those roads all together.
From the Roanoke area -- Lake traffic will need to take Route 24 to Route 757 or Route 634 to steer clear of the D-Day congestion.
And from Lynchburg or Forest, lake travelers can use Route 811 to Route 24. The take Route 43 to Route 626 through Huddleston.
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((JASON BOND/V-DOT: WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE WHEN THEY APPROACH BEDFORD FROM EITHER SIDE TO MAKE THEIR LANE CHANGES EARLY, WATCH FOR THE MESSAGE BOARDS AND BE PATIENT BECAUSE THERE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME DELAYS AS YOU HEAD TO THE EVENT.))
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The two suspects in the Wendy's shootings have apparently confessed, that's according to the New York Police.
John Taylor and Craig Godineaux (GAWD'-ih-noh) will be arraigned today on charges of murder and robbery.
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Taylor, who used to work at the fast-food restaurant in Queens and Godineaux were arrested two days after seven Wendy's workers were shot execution-style.
Five died. One is in critical condition after being saved by another man who was spared when the bullet passed
through his cheek.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says he'll decide whether to seek the death penalty after talking with the victims' families.
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[11Allen]

Former Governor George Allen's in line to receive the Republican nod for the U-S Senate in Virginia Beach next weekend.
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Yesterday, he stopped in Roanoke on his way to the Ninth District convention in Abingdon.
Recent polls suggest Allen is in a dead heat with Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb.
And at this point in the campaign, Allen says that's fine with him.
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((GEORGE ALLEN: ALL I CAN COMPARE IT TO IS WHEN I WAS RUNNING STATEWIDE IN 1993 FOR GOVERNOR. AND AT THIS STAGE I DID NOT HAVE THE NOMINATION, HAD NO MONEY AND I THINK I WAS ABOUT 31 PERCENT BEHIND IN THE POLLS. SO THINGS LOOK VERY VERY GOOD AND I THINK WE'RE POSITIONED WELL. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD GRASS ROOTS SUPPORT.))
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It promises to be a bruising campaign, but Allen says he likes to run "like he's half a lap behind."

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The Christiansburg Branch of Central Fidelity Bank was ripped off to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Yesterday two men admitted they were the embezzlers.
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Michael Lynch of Christiansburg and Robert Dunnigan of Dublin pleaded guilty to charges of writing and benefiting from fraudulent loans.
Dunnigan owned a building company and brought false names to Lynch, a Commercial Loan Officer.
Lynch knew the names were false and Dunnigan's company got most of the 400-thousand dollars in cash.
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((THIS CASE HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1997, SO ITS BEEN A LONG ARDUOUS PROCESS COLLECTING DOCUMENTS, FINDING LOAN FILES, BUILDING CHARTS, FOLLOWING THE MONEY IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. THEY HAVE PLEADED GUILTY, UT IT HAS BEEN A LENGTHY PROCESS.))
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An historic two-room schoolhouse will soon be filled with children again.
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Black students went to Sharon Elementary in the days before segregation was ended.
When it closed in 1958, the nearby Sharon Baptist Church assumed ownership and used it for storage.
Many church members are also former students.
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((JOHN MACK/SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEE: I THINK ANYONE WHO ATTENDED HERE REMEMBERS THE SPELLING BEES, THE MATH.. I GUESS WE CALLED IT ARITHMETIC BACK THEN, BUT THE ARITHMETIC CONTESTS.. SO, FOND MEMORIES.))
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The church has raised about 40- thousand dollars to renovate the old building.
A new roof, ceilings and floors have been put in, when it's finished, the old schoolhouse will be used for youth activities and after- school programs.
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And --
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proms aren't just for high-schoolers...
We'll show you one local senior prom that's a little different the rest.
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One couple looking for a retreat zeroed in on Smith Mountain Lake... and bought an entire island.
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Bill Carter and his wife are building an eleven acre retreat complete with helicopter landing pad.
So far, they've only finished the guest home.
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Building this house requires a small army of contractors and several million dollars.
When a barge was too slow, Carter set up his own island concrete factory.
But being surrounded by water has its setbacks.
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Carter says living here, he'll never worry about waking up the neighbors.
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[11Senior-Prom]

Some Roanoke seniors went to the prom last night.
But this wasn't just any prom - and these weren't the seniors you might have in mind.
Joy Sutton has the story.
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(( They were dressed in their finest prom wear -- ready to take a trip down memory lane.
For many of these seniors remembering the past is not always easy.
They are residents of Friendship Manors' Alzhemier's-Dementia Care Section.
And for these residents this is reminiscent therapy.
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((REBECCA MCGUIRT: A LOT OF TIMES IN THEIR BRAINS OTHER THINGS DON'T REACH THEM BUT THE MUSIC SOMETIMES MAKES A GOOD CONNECTION AND REMINDS THEM OF HAPPY MEMORIES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD AND IT ALSO GIVE THEM A TIME TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND INTERACT WITH OTHERS))
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James Norman Childs has had Alzheimer's for several years -- he said the music took him back to the good ole days -- and he still has the moves to be the life of the party.
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((JAMES NORMAN CHILDS: I WAS ALWAYS THE PERSON WHO LIKED TO GO OUT AND GO DANCING AND I DID A LOT OF DANCING. ALL TYPES OF DANCING. his wife: a lot of women. a lot of girlfriends))
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The seniors have been preparing for three months. The ladies picked out their dresses and got their hair and nails done.
And there was a lot picture taking -- as many enjoyed some of the hits from the past.
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((MILDRED CHILDS: IT'S VERY GOOD. I THINK MUSIC HELPS EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY ALZHEIMER'S. YOU CAN SOOTHE THEM WITH MUSIC SOMETIMES WHEN NOTHING ELSE WILL DO IT))
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And for those who didn't want to dance -- there was other entertainment -- to make sure everyone get into the prom spirit.
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A 93-year-old Oregon woman may not have made it to a senior prom this week - but she DID graduate from high school yesterday.
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Blanche Thompson was 13 when family circumstances prompted her to drop out of Horton High School in Kansas... about 80 years ago!
Yesterday in this Portland nursing home, her daughter, several grandchildren and a 16-month old
great-grandchild watched as Edith Blanche Thompson became an honorary high school graduate.
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Blanche says she's never been happier.
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[Flea-Market]

The old adage one man's junk is another man's treasure has once again proven true.
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A painting purchased at a flea market sold for nearly a million and a half dollars at an auction at Christie's yesterday.
Roger Olshanski bought the painting, "Magnolias on a Wooden Table" by artist Martin Johnson Heade for $29 dollars four years ago.
An anonymous bidder bought it and Olshanski will net 936 thousand dollars.
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A Roanoke man is getting quite a charge out of his work.
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The Neon Man is behind those signs that light your way home at night and fill up your scrapbook.
His real name is Mark Jamison and he creates this brilliance from his store in downtown Roanoke.
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((THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FATALITIES IN THIS BUSINESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHEMICALS THAT COME INTO PLAY. THERE'S LEAD FROM THE GLASS, MERCURY, HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY. TYPICALLY YOU'RE WORKING FROM A LOT OF HEIGHTS.))
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Jamison also lights up houses and designs Christmas gifts.
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We'll visit the Neon Man and hear how he gets this glow -- in this week's Virginia Profile - tomorrow on News 7 Sunday Morning.
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